Along with the two-legged creatures that live in our house, we have a couple of four-legged creatures. Lady and Murphy, the strangest pair of dogs you’ll ever meet. Lady came straight from the Waco pou...

This time of isolation and social distance has brought with it many surprises. One of those surprises has been that the Abbott family is now hooked on watching “The Great British Bake Off.” The title...

Earlier this week I was on a conference call with forty Episcopal clergy leaders from across the country. We were asked to share a story about how our congregations had faced challenges before and how they resp...

The rug has been pulled out from under their feet. On Easter afternoon those two disciples walk away from Jerusalem, away from their friends, away from their hope. We can put ourselves into the place of Cleopas and tha...

It was July, 1864. The American Civil War was in its fourth bloody summer. The Union army was laying siege to Petersburg, a town just south of Richmond, Virginia. It was brutal, horrific, trench warfare. Some enterprisi...

Just recently I read aloud Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” to our daughter. A small book with big themes. The unexpected hero, the dire circumstance, and the desperate hope run all throughout “The Hobbit” and into The Lord of the Ri...

They are so many questions and so few answers. How did all of this happen? How did we get here? How will this impact us economically? How will this impact us, personally, financially? How long will this last? When will my...

This week I have been struggling to find words to match all that we are feeling in this present moment. You don’t need me to tell you that we are drenched in anxiety, in exasperation, in fear, and in shock. We feel isolated...

Throughout my adult life, I’ve enjoyed reading the great myths of western civilizations. Myths are epic stories told to enlighten a particular point. Odysseus wanders for twenty long years, reminding us that warfare is alw...